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Cover Curiosity: You Fancy ‘Ah?

Travis Jonker, January 5, 2017 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



I like books that look like other books. When I spot one, I share it here. I’ve been doing this for a while: Click Here for More Cover Curiosities While at the bookstore around the holidays I spotted a book out of the corner of my eye. I thought it was this book. We all […]

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Cover Curiosity: Face to Face

Travis Jonker, August 18, 2016 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



Some book covers, I think, are designed to like other book covers on purpose. Like this, for example. Others happen to share a general composition. Here’s one such pair. Today we have a case of the latter, a compositionally congruent duo. First up . . . Hannah and Sugar by Kate Berube Second up . […]

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Exclusive Cover Reveal: Princess Cora and the Crocodile by Laura Amy Schlitz and Brian Floca

Travis Jonker, August 17, 2016 | Cover Reveal, Covers, News



How To Make a Book I Am Looking Forward to Reading (In 5 Steps): Step 1: Take the author of Newbery Medal winning book Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Step 2: Take the author/illustrator of Caldecott Medal winning book Locomotive. Step 3: Combine talents. Step 4: Wait until March 28th, 2017 (sorry, these things take time). […]

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Cover Curiosity: Keeping it 100

Travis Jonker, July 8, 2016 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



It’s been a while, hasn’t it? But when a Cover Curiosity reveals itself, I am there. Click here for previous Cover Curiosities. Today we have something for the little ones. Our first cover is… Worth noting: First 100 Words was the fourth highest-selling juvenile book of 2015. Fourth! Here are some other books that First […]

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Book for Kids? OR…

Travis Jonker, December 11, 2015 | Covers



…ad for cigs?

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Cover Curiosity: Deep Down

Travis Jonker, October 23, 2015 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



Sometimes connections between two covers are strong – like, say, using the same image. But other times there’s just a vague, “Hey, this looks kinda like something I’ve seen…”. That’s the situation today, with the covers for two books about plumbing the depths of the world. Our first cover: Our second cover: Side by side: […]

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Cover Curiosity: Reflective

Travis Jonker, October 10, 2015 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



When two covers resemble each other, it’s usually one of two situations. A. Something fishy is afoot. All the hands holding stuff after Twilight? That’s aping something that’s popular. B. It appears to be a case of random chance. Today I’ll have the B. Cover number one: Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E. […]

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Cover Curiosity: Title Takeover

Travis Jonker, April 18, 2015 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



Is it just me, or have you noticed some picture book titles getting real these days? Really real. Taking up the whole cover real. Not just type laid over top, but part of the illustration real. Today we have three books that put the title front, center, and right in the middle of the the […]

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Cover Curiosity: Go Set a Watchman and To Kill a Mockingbird

Travis Jonker, March 26, 2015 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



Usually during these Cover Curiosity posts I highlight two unrelated books that (for a variety of reasons) have similar covers. Today I have to make an exception and talk about two related books, mostly because one of them has one of the most recognizable covers of all time, and the other is bound to be […]

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Cover Curiosity: Under the Sea

Travis Jonker, September 16, 2014 | Cover Curiosity, Covers



Sometimes, in an odd aligning of stars, two book covers end up kinda resembling one another. Click here for all the Cover Curiosity posts. I noticed a pair the other day. First up: Under the Ocean by Anouck Boisrobert; illustrated by Louis Rigaud Second up: The Bear’s Sea Escape by Benjamin Chaud Side by side: A […]

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